STATE v. SMITH


58 N.J. 202 (1971)

276 A.2d 369

STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. KATHY SMITH, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis M. Nevins, Jr. argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Peter M. Siegel, Administrator, Middlesex County Legal Services, attorney).

Mr. Michael L. Bitterman, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Mr. George F. Kugler, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by FRANCIS, J.

Upon her plea of guilty, defendant Kathy Smith was convicted in the Middlesex County District Court of the unlawful use of a narcotic drug, i.e., marihuana, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2A:170-8. Under the statute such an infraction was a disorderly person offense, and on March 26, 1970, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 2A:169-4, the trial court imposed a fine of $25 and a suspended six months workhouse sentence...

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